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Editor Edward Hubert Butler directs President Roosevelt to read an editorial in the Atlanta Sunday Constitution, a Democratic newspaper.
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1907-03-10
Kansas City Postmaster Joseph H. Harris apologizes to President Roosevelt for a statement that appeared in the Kansas City Journal that he strongly denies making. He encloses his public denial that was printed in the Journal. Harris says that Harvey Fleming, manager of the Journal, could not give his authority for the statement, but supported his statement by saying that the “president had meddled in seven other such cases.” The statement related to Senate contests.
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1904-12-21
Governor White writes to President Roosevelt and encloses clippings of recent articles in Democrat newspapers that have published rumors from past elections. White has issued a statement on the matter.
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1904-12-05
President Roosevelt thanks Governor White for responding to a statement of the Charleston Gazette and defending the him.
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1904-12-07
Senator Bourne argues that President Roosevelt must run for another term as President, using excerpts of letters, newspaper clipping, and his own strong opinion on the matter to convince Roosevelt not to leave office at this critical point in history.
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1908-08-07
William H. Taft describes the reception of his acceptance speech in Cincinnati to President Roosevelt, which was well attended and generally met with great approval. Taft mentions that he is having trouble with Frank H. Hitchcock, who is headstrong and has appointed his executive committee without any of Taft’s input. Taft was pleased that Frederick Dent and Ida Grant attended the speech. William Jennings Bryan has taunted Taft in the press.
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1908-07-31
The Commercial-News of Danville, Illinois, reprints the acceptance speech of Speaker Joseph Gurney Cannon. The state’s Republican congressional convention has renominated Cannon for Congress and endorsed him as a presidential candidate in 1908. In his acceptance speech, Cannon urges state leaders to fix their eyes on the imminent congressional election, not on the presidential election that is two years away. “No man would refuse a nomination at the hands of a great party for the highest office,” Cannon says, “but such a nomination is not to be had for the seeking.”
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1906-08-16
Emilio L. Scharf asks President Roosevelt’s permission to publish a letter at the beginning of the congressional campaign.
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1906-02-03
Hamilton Fish II forwards to President Roosevelt a letter from Luther B. Little stating that “full returns have not yet been received.” Fish wonders if Roosevelt has made any progress with General John Henry Ketcham. Fish also comments on the future influence of Governor Benjamin B. Odell. He does not attach any importance to recent newspaper accounts that Odell will opt for reelection.
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1903-11-17
Albert J. Hopkins reports on the results of the Illinois Republican State Convention. Charles S. Deneen has been named as candidate for governor. Hopkins reassures Roosevelt that Illinois will elect the Republican state and electoral ticket.
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1904-06-06
John A. Sleicher updates William Loeb regarding his efforts to quietly coordinate with other Republican editors for the upcoming campaign.
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1904-05-31
This newspaper article is public denial from Kansas City Postmaster Joseph H. Harris responding to a statement he was quoted as saying about the Senate race in Missouri. Harris is insistent that he did not make the statement and has not referred to his reappointment “in connection with the senatorial contest.”
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1904-12-20
Republican newspaperman and publisher Russel M. Seeds thanks President Roosevelt for acknowledging his note. The review of Francis E. Leupp’s book has already appeared in the Indianapolis Journal, but the resolutions endorsing candidates in the upcoming election have not yet been published, excepting the “presidential paragraph” endorsing Roosevelt, which was picked up by local newspapers.
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1904-04-07
The headline from the New York American the day after the 1912 presidential election. It also says the Republicans lost Congress and the Progressive Party candidate Theodore Roosevelt beat Republican President William H. Taft.
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1912-11-06
An editorial on the upcoming 1908 United States presidential election describes the contest as “a battle of giants.” It confidently declares President Theodore Roosevelt as the Republican Party candidate. Roosevelt has built a strong “personal following.” The Democratic Party must be prepared.
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1907-03-10